https://www.scmp.com/rss/516810/feed Monica is a Full Professor, Institute of International Relations (PUC-Rio), Associate Dean for Research of the Social Science Center (PUC-Rio), Senior Researcher, BRICS Policy Center, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio). en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com The planet is on fire, but almost all the firefighters have deserted. At the meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, which began on September 19 in New York, the leaders of four of the five permanent members of the Security Council – the UN’s most powerful executive body – were absent. The absence of the top representatives of France, Britain, Russia and China, replaced by ministers or diplomats, showed the emptying of the main global multilateral forum and highlighted the speeches of... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3237029/imperfect-un-needs-major-reform-amid-legitimacy-crisis-global-south-can-play-role?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3237029/imperfect-un-needs-major-reform-amid-legitimacy-crisis-global-south-can-play-role?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 06 Oct 2023 07:15:16 +0000